Choose a company from the SEC EDGAR Web site for your Key Assignment to evaluate for the impact of convergence to IFRS.

Use the company you have chosen from the EDGAR Web site as your point of reference. After the reporting period has ended, you could potentially encounter other events that will have impacts on your company (IAS 10).

• Describe the recognition and measurement differences currently existing between IFRS and U.S. GAAP.

• What impacts could these differences have on disclosure requirements? Create an overview of considerations regarding income taxes that the company may encounter.

• Give 2 examples of areas you see as the greatest concern.

• What impact will the convergence process have on your company’s tax planning? A key area of contention between IFRS and U.S. GAAP lies in the classification and measurement of leases.

• Describe the 2 main types of leases and where the differences lie.

• What impact will this have your company? Give your opinion on the U.S. moving into IFRS.

• For the company you have selected, what do you see as the major advantages and disadvantages of convergence?